US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Saturday the eurozone should not abandon fiscal reforms even as it pursues measures to revive growth, the White House said.
Two German anti-globalisation protesters detained for five days in 2007 to prevent them from demonstrating against a G8 summit won a victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday.
Consigned to minor role at last weekâs G8 summit, the economic power Germany is in danger of being sidelined politically, argues Gerd Appenzeller from Der Tagesspiegel.
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the rest of the world to carry out atomic reactor âstress testsâ and demanded the G8 take a leading role in nuclear security on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the group of leading nations.
As Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Canada for a G20 summit, Sigmar Gabriel, the head of Germanyâs centre-left opposition Social Democrats, on Friday backed US criticism that her governmentâs proposed austerity measures posed a threat to the global economy.
A fancy Baltic Sea hotel where former US President George W. Bush stayed angrily rejected Thursday claims by his wife Laura Bush of possible poisoning during the G8 summit in 2007, accusing her of a publicity stunt for her memoirs.
Former US President George Bush may have been the victim of a poison attack during G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany in 2007, according to ex-First Lady Laura Bush's new autobiography.
Chancellor Angela Merkel called the Group of Eightâs consensus on fighting climate change a âclear step forwardâ late on Wednesday after talks in LâAquila, Italy.
Roaring auto output pushed German industrial production higher in May by the biggest margin since August 1993, official data showed Wednesday, signalling the country's deep recession might be near an end.
The Group of Eight industrialised powers (G8) is no longer the appropriate forum to thrash out the world's problems, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Germany is performing ahead of other G8 nations in the fight against climate change according to the World Wildlife Fundâs G8 Climate Scorecard released on Wednesday. But the country barely got a passing grade.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed US and British moves to bail out the troubled financial sector as undermining efforts to instill more transparency.
Climate change campaigners and opposition politicians in Germany have panned G8 leadersâ plan to halve global carbon emissions by 2050, arguing that a much tighter timetable is needed to tackle global warming.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday asked Chinese President Hu Jintao to push for a successful outcome to talks between China and Tibetâs spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
German Chancellor Merkel has hailed an agreement by G8 leaders to halve carbon emissions by 2050 but said it was important to get developing nations on board in order to seriously fight global warming.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a German newspaper that the G8 group of top industrialized nations will take measures to fight the soaring price of food at next week's summit.
Japan said on Friday it had refused entry to a German anti-globalization activist, as the nation steps up security ahead of the Group of Eight summit in July.
